Dallas Ranked One of the Most High-Tech Cities in the World

Dallas’ burgeoning startup scene, its population of deep-pocketed venture capitalists, and futuristic innovations in neighborhood infrastructure have made it the most high-tech city in Texas, according to a new analysis and list published byBusiness Insider.

The list puts Dallas at the No. 11 spot among “the most high-tech cities in the world.” That’s a major leap from last year, when Dallas-Fort Worth was ranked at 28. The region — one could quibble, as usual, with the lumping in of Dallas with other North Texas cities, but let’s just take the compliment for today — trails behind Chicago (10), New York (2), and San Francisco (1), but we don’t see Houston or Austin cracking the Top 25.

To create the list, Business Insider enlisted 2thinknow, “a a research firm that specializes in analyzing innovative cities, to rank the most high-tech cities in the world.” From that article:

The firm chose 10 factors related to technological advancement — including the number of patents filed per capita, startups, tech venture capitalists, ranking in other innovation datasets, and level of smartphone use — weighted them, and ranked a list of 85 cities accordingly.

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Bonni Crisfulli

Yet how saddening that the tech and consulting firms in Dallas won’t hire local tech talent unless they are UT Dallas/SMU graduates, H1b visa holders, Big 4 alumni, part of the conservative tech religious circles, members of the PMI clique or millennials.
While Dallas may be high-ranked on its technology, it receives a ZERO on its ability to generate tech jobs via its tech firms and consultancies.